The <del> tag (and formerly the <strike> and <s> tags) are used to
identify "deleted" text -- such as text that has been deleted from a
legal document -- traditionally rendered using "strike-through"
formatting on the text. (And, <ins> is used to show inserted, or newly
added, text, usually rendered with an underline.)
For example, using the code:
<p>This is the <del>old text</del> <ins>new text</ins>.</p>
The words "old text" would be formatted as strike through, and "new
text" would be underlined.
(See http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#h-9.4 for
specifications.)
So here are the questions:
(1) Do any screen readers currently identify deleted/strike-through
text? (HPR 3.02 and JAWS 4 read the text without any indication that it
was deleted -- definitely a problem...)
(2) Do we have any guidelines on how a screen reader SHOULD identify
such text?
Thanks,
Mike